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Russian 102nd Military Base
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It was formerly the base of the 127th Motor Rifle Division of the Soviet Seventh Guards Army. The base is about 120 kilometers north of the Armenian capital, the 102nd Military Base traces its history to the 261st Rifle Division of the Soviet Unions Red Army. The 261st Rifle Division was originally formed in 1941 and it was probably activated in the Odessa Military District in July–August 1941. It then spent much of the part of World War II, from January 1,1943. After the war ended, the 261st Rifle Division was briefly designated the 37th Rifle Division but then became the 127th Motor Rifle Division in 1957, part of the 7th Guards Army. In April 1990, the divisions 120th Guards Tank Regiment was divided into the 116th Separate Guards Tank Battalion, on 21 August 1992, it became the 102nd Military Base. By the mid-late 1990s the composition of the 127th Motor Rifle Division had changed and it consisted of the 123rd, 124th, and 128th Motor Rifle Regiments, the 992nd Artillery Regiment, and the 116th Independent Tank Battalion. The 123rd Motor Rifle Regiment was formed from the former 164th Motor Rifle Division, there are 3,000 Russian soldiers officially reported to be stationed at the 102nd Military Base located in Gyumri. The military base is part of a joint air defense system of the Commonwealth of Independent States, furthermore, the Armenian Air Force relies partially upon the Russian MiG-29s located at the military base, for the defense of Armenias airspace. The Russian military base was deployed on the territory of Armenia as early as 1996, although Russia does not pay the Armenian government for the military base stationed in Gyumri, the Armenian side takes care of all public utilities water, electricity, etc. In August 2003 the bases commanding officer, General Major Alexander Titov, was dismissed for not maintaining military discipline and allowing corruption. In early 2009, the arm of the base was divided two separate motor rifle brigades. A special five-year agreement concluded with Georgia on March 31,2006 allowed Russia access to the 102nd Military Base through Georgias land and it further stipulated that the amount of military cargo should have been agreed between Russia and Georgia one year in advance. In December 2006, Russia accused Georgia of sabotaging the cargoes destined for the 102nd Military Base, the transit of Russian military personnel and cargo was suspended by the government of Georgia in the aftermath of the 2008 war with Russia. Upon expiration of its term, on April 19,2011. The question about the presence of the Russian military base in Armenia has been raised in the European Commission. Some argue that the presence of the base serves an obstacle to Western investment and reforms, however, most analysts and the Armenian government consider Russia the guarantor of Armenias territorial integrity since it forms one triad of Armenias national security framework. The two men were tried in Armenia, where Popov was sentenced to 14 years in prison, whether or not the two served their entire terms in Armenia is unclear and little is known about this court’s investigation and punishment

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Military organization
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Military organization or military organisation is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer military capability required by the national defense policy. In some countries paramilitary forces are included in an armed forces. Armed forces that are not a part of military or paramilitary organizations, such as insurgent forces, often mimic military organizations, the use of formalized ranks in a hierarchical structure came into widespread use with the Roman Army. These in turn manage Armed Services that themselves command combat, combat support and combat support formations. Within each departmental agency will be found administrative branches responsible for further agency business specialization work, in most countries the armed forces are divided into three or four Armed services, army, navy, and air force. Many countries have a variation on the model of three or four basic Armed Services. Some nations also organize their marines, special forces or strategic missile forces as independent armed services, a nations coast guard may also be an independent military branch of its military, although in many nations the coast guard is a law enforcement or civil agency. A number of countries have no navy, for geographical reasons, most smaller countries have a single organization that encompasses all armed forces employed by the country in question. Third-world armies tend to consist primarily of infantry, while first-world armies tend to have larger units manning expensive equipment and it is worthwhile to make mention of the term joint. In western militaries, a joint force is defined as a unit or formation comprising representation of power from two or more branches of the military. It is common, at least in the European and North American militaries, to refer to the blocks of a military as commands, formations. In a military context, a command is a collection of units and it is not uncommon for a nations services to each consist of their own command, but this does not preclude the existence of commands which are not service-based. A formation is defined by the US Department of Defense as two or more aircraft, ships, or units proceeding together under a commander. The formations only differ in their ability to achieve different scales of application of force to achieve different strategic, operational and tactical goals and it is a composite military organization that includes a mixture of integrated and operationally attached sub-units, and is usually combat-capable. Example of formations include, divisions, brigades, battalions, wings, formation may also refer to tactical formation, the physical arrangement or disposition of troops and weapons. Examples of formation in such usage include, pakfront, panzerkeil, testudo formation, any unit subordinate to another unit is considered its sub-unit or minor unit. It is not uncommon for unit and formation to be used synonymously in the United States, in Commonwealth practice, formation is not used for smaller organizations like battalions which are instead called units, and their constituent platoons or companies are referred to as sub-units. In the Commonwealth, formations are divisions, brigades, etc, different armed forces, and even different branches of service of the armed forces, may use the same name to denote different types of organizations

Map of Gyumri and its vicinity. The base is shown in pink. The Gyumri city quarter inhabited by Russian servicemen, known as "Vosmoy Gorodok" (8-й городок) is immediately north of the base (shown in black)